page_title: History of Piedmont, California
section_title: Civic Center Plan
hierarchical_section_title: History of Piedmont, California / Civic Center Plan
caption_attribution_description: English: Piedmont voters passed a bond for $250,000 for the creation of a high school. After building, it was found that $100,000 more was needed to accommodate more students, furnish the school, and landscape the surrounding area.
context_page_description: The history of Piedmont, California, covers the history of the area in California's San Francisco Bay Area that is now known as Piedmont, up to and beyond the legal establishment of a city.
context_section_description: This plan was presented to the community in 1922. It included expanding City Hall, building a city library, and connecting the entrance of Piedmont Park to the electric trolley line, which was the transportation at the time. Of the plan, little did materialize. The exedra, the structure that includes the iconic vase of Piedmont, was built at the head of Piedmont Park. Piedmont High School was built in 1921 and opened to students the following year. It was funded by a bond passed by voters in 1920. However, the stock market crash of 1929 plunged many into financial ruin that kept the rest of the plan, for which bonds had not already been passed, from completion.
caption: After the school was built for $250,000, it was found that an additional $100,000 was needed.
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